Originally Posted by
DBono
There's also the aircraft ownership picture. According to the UA 2019 annual report,
https://ir.united.com/static-files/1...c-d0e4d407f9cf page 23,
as of end Dec 2019, UA was operating 175 ERJ-175s, 168s of which they own (the other 7 were owned by TSA, so those are off the list of UA planes now). At the same time, they were "operating" 133 CRJ-200s, 70 owned by SKW and 63 owned by AWAC.
Seems like they'd be more inclined to use the airplanes they already own vs parking those and paying for someone else's planes to be flown. What we don't know is the duration and strength of the contracts UA has with AWAC and SKW for the -200s.
a lot of the SKYW contracts for 200 flying for UA are short-term - maybe 2-3 years with renewal options. They will be gone for sure. But SKYW operates some 30 or so EAS routes under the UA brand with 200’s that will likely remain.
and as FYI - UAX total 70/76 fleet is 255 aircraft. The difference of 80 aircraft are owned by SKYW and Mesa.